Insider trade

Director purchased ~$50K of ATO shares in the open market

Traded Aug 11, 2026 · Filed Aug 12, 2026

~$50K
Reported value · 300 sh @ $167.5945: 488
Holds after · shares reported: -7.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.8%, $169.21 → $156.38 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Atmos Energy spent $50K of their very own money to buy Atmos Energy shares. Their pile of Atmos Energy shares grew by 160%.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 11, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 12, 2026

Director$25K–$100KHoldings +160%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$50,278

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$25K–$100K

Ownership change

+159.6%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

6 days after results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $169.21 on Aug 11, 2026, within 5% of its 52-week low, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $162.44 (Sep 18, 2025) to $192.29 (Apr 9, 2026), 23% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $174.84 on Jun 29, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.3%	-2.0%	+2.3%
30 days	-3.6%	-2.2%	-1.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000731802-26-000104
Filed / recorded: Aug 12, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Issuer CIK: 731802
Ticker: ATO
Reporting person: William James Ware
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 11, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 300
Price per share: $167.5945
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 488
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

5w ago

1,000Derivative units · @ $166.9575

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

7w ago

Fund holdings

3,587Shares reported

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

Why it stands out Official record

3mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

Held by the filer's joint per the disclosure. Disclosed 31 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Around the same time

1,000Derivative units · @ $166.9575

3,587Shares reported

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

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